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Sixteen-year-old escapes from Sophia Juvenile Detention Centre

Police are on the hunt for a Sixteen-year-old who escaped from the Juvenile Holding Centre in Sophia. The youth reportedly escaped six days ago, on August 9. The Ministry of Public Security in a statement has identified him as Leon Patterson, who is of African descent. He was discovered missing from the facility on August […]

Ukranian nationals remanded to jail over assault of local miners

Two Ukranian nationals who work as security guards for a foreign mining company in the interior region were today charged with the assault of two local miners and remanded to prison. 38-year-old Vitaly Paraschuck was today slapped with two counts of threatening behavior and assault causing actual bodily harm, committed on Charles Clarke. His fellow […]

Feasible and acceptable proposal from Govt. could avert teacher’s strike action -GTU President

The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mark Lyte, believes that the planned strike action by teachers nationwide could be averted if the Government presents a feasible and acceptable proposal. The GTU has called on teachers to begin strike action from August 27 until further notice, to press the President David Granger led government to […]

International Organisation for Migration commits to supporting Guyana’s efforts to accommodate Venezuelans seeking help in Region One

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has committed its support to addressing the migration of the Venezuelans and to help boost Guyana’s capacity to deal with such situations in the event of future occurrences. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, the IOM is currently conducting work in gathering data on the migrants and observed […]

Foreign Guards to face criminal charges over assault of local miners caught on camera

The Guyana Police Force today announced that two Ukranian nationals who were caught on camera assaulting a local miner will face the local courts to face criminal assault charges. 38-year-old Vitaly Paraschuck, will face two counts of threatening behavior and assault causing actual bodily harm, committed on Charles Clarke.  His fellow Ukranian national, 33-year-old, Maksym Furtak, […]